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Massive fires hit Aramco Gas Plant, Jazan Refinery after Houthi attack

9 August 2026 11:26 Updated: 9 August 2026 11:26

Houthis in Yemen struck Saudi Aramco’s Berri Gas Plant in eastern Saudi Arabia, near the industrial city of Jubail and just north of Bahrain. (Photo: Screengrab from X videos)

A fire that broke out at dawn on Sunday at a Saudi Aramco facility in the country’s southwestern region of Jazan was extinguished by the company’s industrial security firefighting teams, with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy reporting no injuries in the incident.

The ministry said the fire occurred at one of the facilities belonging to the Saudi Aramco refinery in the region, adding that competent authorities were carrying out the necessary procedures to deal with the incident.”

Industrial Security Firefighting Teams affiliated with Saudi Aramco extinguished a fire that broke out at dawn on Sunday, in one of the facilities belonging to the Saudi Aramco Refinery in Jazan, with no injuries,” the Saudi Ministry of Energy said in a post on X.

The ministry did not immediately specify the cause of the fire. “The competent authorities are completing the necessary procedures to deal with the incident,” the post added.

NASA FIRMS detected an estimated 125 MW of fire radiative power at the Berri Gas Plant near Jubail. The facility had also been targeted by Iran in missile and drone barrages in April.

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